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Amazon Linux 2 : grub2 (ALAS-2024-2499)

2024-03-1800:00:00
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amazon linux 2
vulnerability
grub2
alas-2024-2499
cve-2019-14865
cve-2024-1048
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The version of grub2 installed on the remote host is prior to 2.06-14. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2499 advisory.

  • A flaw was found in the grub2-set-bootflag utility of grub2. After the fix of CVE-2019-14865, grub2-set- bootflag will create a temporary file with the new grubenv content and rename it to the original grubenv file. If the program is killed before the rename operation, the temporary file will not be removed and may fill the filesystem when invoked multiple times, resulting in a filesystem out of free inodes or blocks.
    (CVE-2024-1048)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory ALAS-2024-2499.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(192207);
  script_version("1.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/03/18");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2024-1048");

  script_name(english:"Amazon Linux 2 : grub2 (ALAS-2024-2499)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of grub2 installed on the remote host is prior to 2.06-14. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as
referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2499 advisory.

  - A flaw was found in the grub2-set-bootflag utility of grub2. After the fix of CVE-2019-14865, grub2-set-
    bootflag will create a temporary file with the new grubenv content and rename it to the original grubenv
    file. If the program is killed before the rename operation, the temporary file will not be removed and may
    fill the filesystem when invoked multiple times, resulting in a filesystem out of free inodes or blocks.
    (CVE-2024-1048)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2024-2499.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-1048.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Run 'yum update grub2' to update your system.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2024-1048");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2024/02/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2024/03/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/03/18");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-common");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-efi-aa64");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-efi-aa64-cdboot");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-efi-aa64-ec2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-efi-aa64-modules");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-efi-x64");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-efi-x64-cdboot");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-efi-x64-ec2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-efi-x64-modules");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-emu");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-emu-modules");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-pc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-pc-modules");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-tools");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-tools-efi");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-tools-extra");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-tools-minimal");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AmazonLinux/release", "Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}

include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);

var alas_release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(alas_release) || !strlen(alas_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d+|-\d+)", string:alas_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (os_ver != "2")
{
  if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux 2", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}

if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'grub2-2.06-14.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'grub2-2.06-14.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'grub2-common-2.06-14.amzn2.0.3', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'grub2-debuginfo-2.06-14.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'grub2-debuginfo-2.06-14.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'grub2-efi-aa64-2.06-14.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'grub2-efi-aa64-cdboot-2.06-14.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'grub2-efi-aa64-ec2-2.06-14.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'grub2-efi-aa64-modules-2.06-14.amzn2.0.3', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'grub2-efi-x64-2.06-14.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'grub2-efi-x64-cdboot-2.06-14.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'grub2-efi-x64-ec2-2.06-14.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'grub2-efi-x64-modules-2.06-14.amzn2.0.3', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'grub2-emu-2.06-14.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'grub2-emu-2.06-14.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'grub2-emu-modules-2.06-14.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'grub2-emu-modules-2.06-14.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'grub2-pc-2.06-14.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'grub2-pc-modules-2.06-14.amzn2.0.3', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'grub2-tools-2.06-14.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'grub2-tools-2.06-14.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'grub2-tools-efi-2.06-14.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'grub2-tools-extra-2.06-14.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'grub2-tools-extra-2.06-14.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'grub2-tools-minimal-2.06-14.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'grub2-tools-minimal-2.06-14.amzn2.0.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var reference = NULL;
  var _release = NULL;
  var sp = NULL;
  var _cpu = NULL;
  var el_string = NULL;
  var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
  var epoch = NULL;
  var allowmaj = NULL;
  var exists_check = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['el_string'])) el_string = package_array['el_string'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['epoch'])) epoch = package_array['epoch'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = package_array['allowmaj'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
  if (reference && _release && (!exists_check || rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:exists_check))) {
    if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_NOTE,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "grub2 / grub2-common / grub2-debuginfo / etc");
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
amazonlinuxgrub2-debuginfop-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-debuginfo
amazonlinuxgrub2-efi-x64-cdbootp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-efi-x64-cdboot
amazonlinuxgrub2-efi-aa64p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-efi-aa64
amazonlinuxgrub2-tools-efip-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-tools-efi
amazonlinux2cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2
amazonlinuxgrub2-efi-aa64-modulesp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-efi-aa64-modules
amazonlinuxgrub2-efi-aa64-ec2p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-efi-aa64-ec2
amazonlinuxgrub2-emup-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-emu
amazonlinuxgrub2-tools-extrap-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-tools-extra
amazonlinuxgrub2-efi-aa64-cdbootp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-efi-aa64-cdboot
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